DUST Search - What exactly is the purpose/point of the HMG?

Mike Poole wrote:

With crap for range and crap for accuracy it's supposed to be a mid to mainly close range weapon right?

In a game where any given map is at least 80-90% open field where any other weapon with better range and accuracy can simply shred you before they're even in your range?

Add in the fact that thanks to pitiful per shot damage you're expected to keep a lock on enemies who thanks to horrible movement mechanics can jerk back and forth bouncing off the walls ensuring that you can't even drop their shields as they drop grenades on you?

I always see people saying "Well you have to play defensively!" How exactly? Hide behind that one stack of crates over by the objective? Stick with other players where the slow moving guy that can't fire back yet totally isn't the easy target?

As I've played I haven't seen that many HMG users, I'd always figured it was people shying away from the extra investments needed to unlock heavy armors and weapons, but it's more because anyone that gets tricked into believing there's any actual balance in this game sadly goes back to using an assault rifle build and eats the lost SP isn't it?

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Sylwester Dziewiecki BetaMax. CRONOS. 67	Posted - 2013.05.19 16:54:00 - [1] - Quote Mike Poole wrote: With crap for range and crap for accuracy it's supposed to be a mid to mainly close range weapon right? In a game where any given map is at least 80-90% open field where any other weapon with better range and accuracy can simply shred you before they're even in your range? Add in the fact that thanks to pitiful per shot damage you're expected to keep a lock on enemies who thanks to horrible movement mechanics can jerk back and forth bouncing off the walls ensuring that you can't even drop their shields as they drop grenades on you? I always see people saying "Well you have to play defensively!" How exactly? Hide behind that one stack of crates over by the objective? Stick with other players where the slow moving guy that can't fire back yet totally isn't the easy target? As I've played I haven't seen that many HMG users, I'd always figured it was people shying away from the extra investments needed to unlock heavy armors and weapons, but it's more because anyone that gets tricked into believing there's any actual balance in this game sadly goes back to using an assault rifle build and eats the lost SP isn't it? I was a Heavy for severa build(till I start to skill HAV). I think that HMG is a weapon that is ahead of its time. It was meant to be successful in narrow corridors with we don't have yet in game. CCP prefer to implement environment with open area as you said rather than close building with doors, windows, tight rooms, long corridors - where HMG would be really deadly. HMG rolle of today is to drop on enemy ton's of bullet, while he is trying to kill you, jumping like monkey, and then trying to reload before you finish him off. The best advantage of this weapon is magazine capacity when added to this your total HP, squadmate support - logibro with scanner and another one with repairing tool - you are close to be immortal in most cases. But you have to play smart with HMG. One of really good tactics in previous builds was to use LAV to cut your range between the enemy and you to minimum, and prevent him from disengage.